Sometimes I refers to uno Norte Americano de los Estados Unidos as a Statesider - but then I've also been known to refer to inhabitantes de Paris as Parisites, particularly when the topic of the Rainbow Warrior and New Caledonia/Kanaky came up. ;)
Statesider I see as an analog formation to Sydneysider referring to denizens of Sydney, NSW. ;) It would be amusing to "port" Yankee to the world's orthographies - I already know Yanqui from Spanish, French and Portuguese - I assume it's Janchi in Italian? Wesley Parish (The big joke about Paris and the Parisites is that Parish is an anglicized form of Paris, indicating that my father's family had some ancestral connection to that city, about the time of les Plantagenets or so ... ;) On Sat, 14 May 2005 16:16, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Hey, > > I just stumbled upon two interesting Wikipedia articles on the term > "American". The first discusses the issue of using the word American to > refer to USAians and the other suggests a series of alternate terms: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_American > > Some of the alternate names include: > > Statesider, Uesican, Uessian, Unisan, Unisian, United Stater, USAian, > U.S. American, Usan, USAn, Usanian. > > Maybe we should have an informal vote. Though I'd like to add "Yank" to > the list. :-) > > Cheers, > Daniel. -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
